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People at the Well - Kinds, Usages and Meanings of Water in a Global Perspective
von: Hans Peter Hahn, Karlheinz Cless, Jens Soentgen
Campus Verlag, 2012
ISBN: 9783593416809 , 316 Seiten
Format: PDF, OL
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen
Preis: 38,99 EUR
Contents
6
Preface
8
Introduction
10
Water as substance and meaning: Anthropological perspectives
24
Virtual water and water footprints: Global supply and production chains and their impacts on freshwater resources
45
What is water? Some philosophical considerations
66
An essay on dew
80
People at the well: Experiences around water
98
Water magic
127
Consumption and production: Changing perceptions of water in northern Ghana
146
Neglecting the opportunity? Productive water uses for small income generation
171
Water makes the difference: The case of South India
191
Making connections: Accessing water in Mumbai’s settlements
218
Water in Amazonia
233
Water management by divine benevolence along the River Nile: Artificial water reservoirs as pastoral meeting places in the Meroitic Sudan (ca. 350 B.C. to 350 A.D.)
247
Water beliefs and changing times in Nigeria
267
Guarded by the devil: The fear of pollution from wells among the Iraqw of northern Tanzania
282
Figure and Table Credits
300
Notes on Contributors
304
Index of Persons and Subjects
308
Index of Locations
316
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